Improved dough and cake-mixer



THOMAS HOLMES, OF WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 107,050, dated September 6, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters P atent and making part of the same To all towhomlit may conce/ru:

Be it known that l, THOMAS HOL-Mns, ot Williamsburg, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Revolving Douglraud Cake-Mixer; and I do here-` by declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in-the artto make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specitication, in which- Figure 1, Sheet I, is a detail vertical cross-section of my improved machine.

Figure 2, Sheet I is a top view of' the same.

Figure 3, Sheet II, is a detail vertical longitudinal vsection ot' the same, taken through the line x a', fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. Y ,g

Myinvention hasfor its object to improve the construction of' my improved dough-mixer, patented June 15, 1869, and September 21, 1869, and numbered, respectively, 91,335 and 95,021, so as to make it more convenient and effective in use; and

1t consists inthe construction and combination of various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the frame of the machine.

B is a cylindrical vessel, to the central parts of the ends' of which are attachrd hollow or tubular gudgeons, C, which revolve in bearings, D, attached to the side bals of the frame A.

The upper part of the bearings 1) are hinged at one end, and secured at the other by a hand-screw, as shown in fig. 2, so that the said part. may be unfastcned and turned back, to allow the vessel B to be removed from the frame A when required.

E are spindles that pass in through the hollow gudgeons C, and which are made of such a length that their inner endsmay project into the interior of the vessel B suciently to receive and carry the beaters and Scrapers.

F is a sleeve, to the outer end of which is swiveled the spindle E, as shown in iig. 3, and the inner end of which receives and lits upon the outer end of the tubular gudgeonO, to which it is secured by a setscrew.

Gis the crank, which lits upon the outer end or head ot the spindle E, to which itis securedvby a setscrew, so that the beaters maybe revolved by said crank. 'Ilre crank G may also be secured to the sleeve F, so as to revolve the cylindrical vessel B. Or the crank-socket may be so adjusted as to overlap, and be secured to the adjacent ends otl the said spindle-head and sleeve, so as torevolve bot-h the vessel and beater at the saule time. t

In the case of large machines, the 'gndgeons need not be made hollow, but solid pivots may be used.

The vesselB may be kept from revolving, and held stationary` when desired, by the button H, pivoted to the flame-work A, and entering a keeper, I, attached to the rear side of said vessel. The vessel Bis divided longitudinally into two unequal parts, which are secured to each other at one edge by sta-ples, hasps, and hooks, and are hinged to each other at,thcir other edges.

'lhe pivoting-pins of the hinges J are made detachable, so that they maybe conveniently withdrawn when desired, to allow theupper or smaller part of the vessel B to be detached when desired.

The upper or hinged part of the vessel B, when turned back, rests upon the upper ends of the short studs K, which are hinged, at their lower ends, to the frame L, the forward side of which is hinged to the lnain frame A, and which is provided with a leg, M, hinged to its outer part, tosupport it when extended intoa horizontal position. v

When not required for use, the studs are folded down, the leg M folded up, and the entire frame turned down into a vertical position.

The leg M, when extended, is secured in position by a hook and staples, N, as shown in fig. 1.

In the middle part of the upper or smaller part of the vessel B is formed an opening, closed by a strip, b1, which is securedin place by the lock-bars O, pivoted, at their centers, to the said strip b1, and shutting into catches attached to the body of the said part.

By det-aching the strip b, the scraper can be iuserted without its being necessary to raise the upper or hinged part of the vessel B.

A similar opening is made in the middle ofthe lower or larger part of the vessel B, which is closed bythe strip b2, secured in place by pivoted lock-bars, iu the same manner as the strip b.

By removing the strip b2, the dough may be allowed to run out through the opening, and may be received in any suitable receptacle.

In the center of the strip b2 is formed au opening, closed by a screw-plug, bi, as shown in figs. 1 and 3.

By removing the screw-plug b, the dough may be allowed to ruu out through the opening closed by said plug. l

In the ends of the upper or smaller part ofthe vessel B are formed holes, closed by the plugs b4, which plugs maybe removed when the flour and water are mixed together in warm weather, as the mixture would otherwise heat, and make the dough sott, and

.the bread will not be so good. In cold. weather it is immaterial whether the said holes be opened or not. I is a rod or bar, which may be round, oval, or tlattened,vand which is made of such a length as to ex tend diagonally across the center oi' the cylindrical vessel B, with its endsA .resting in the angles between theends and sides of said vessel. The rod or bar P can change, its position freely while the machine is being used; that is to say, its ends are free to move around th'e circles of the ends of said Vessel B; but it can never get into any other position than passing diagounlly across the snid cylinder.

G is a small roller, 4of such n length as to work freely between the ends of the vessel B, as shown in tig. 'lhe roller Q is placed in the bottom, of the vessel B, so that the lower end of'the rod or bm? P mary rest against. it, und, when the snid vessel is revolved, the lsaid bnr nud roller, .by their movements, will keep the dough stirred up.

l-Injv'i'ngr, thus described my invention, V

'-I, clztim as new and desire to secure by ALetters Patent-' l. lhe combination of the loose roller Q with the adingonal bm' or rod P and revolvingr cylindrical vessel B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

v2. The combination of the hollow or tubular gndgeons C, spindles E, latnd sleeve F, provided with a, set-screw, with each other and with the revolving cylindrical vessel B, to enable the said vessel and 'the heaters or scraper to he revolved together' or independently, as may be desired, substantially as herein shown, and described.

3. The detachable strips b1 b2, either or both, in

combination with the openings in the upper and lower drical vessel B, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 2d day of July, 1870.

THOMAS HOLMES.

Wi tnesscs :v

T. B. Mosman, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

